ILLINOIS - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees

19791 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 243
The deans of students, directors of health services, and student representatives
from each campus have recommended the improvement in the schedule of benefits.
The vice president for administration has recommended that the student health
insurance fee for the 1979-80 academic year be established as proposed.
I concur in this recommendation.
The trustees had received copies of a letter from a student group,
LIFE, protesting the fact that the insurance program covers first trimester
abortions. In the course of discussion some trustees expressed the hope
that the abortion benefit could be isolated so that those who wished abor-
tion coverage could have it but that those opposed to it would be free of
having its cost included in their fee. It was pointed out that it might not
be economically feasible to make such a separation, at least at this late
stage of negotiations with the insurance company.
By consensus it was agreed that prior to completing arrangements
for next year, the appropriate officers would explore the possibility of
seeking alternatives to the present arrangement.
The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka, Mr.
Watson; no, none.
On motion of Mr. Howard, the recommendation was approved by the
following vote: Aye, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Neal, Mr.
Stone; no, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Velasquez; absent, Mrs.
Shepherd, Governor Thompson.
Fee Assessment, 1979 Intersession, Urbana
(11) On April 12, 1978, the Board of Trustees approved the concept of an “inter-
session” for the Urbana-Champaign campus, a period of intensive instruction be-
tween thz academic year and the summer session. It was determined that the
tuition for courses offered would be billed at the summer session rate. The prce
gram was limited to continuing students for the first year; therefore, no action
regarding the service fee or hospital-medical-surgical fee was required.
Several academic departments now have expressed an interest in allowing
new and readmitted students to enroll in the intersession. Since these students
are not covered by the previous term’s fees, it will be necessary to establish a fee
structure for them. Because of the varying length of the intersession courses, it is
proposed that the service fee and the McKinley hospital fee be prorated for those
courses on the basis of the summer session fee structure, so long as the intersession is
on an experimental basis. Fee waivers currently authorized for students and staff
would be applicable.
Student health insurance will not be available to new or readmitted students
in the intersession because of the short duration of the policy period. Thus, a
waiver of the Board of Trustees’ requirement for proof of insurance coverage
equivalent to that of the policy offered by the University is necessary.
Therefore, the chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recom-
mended that the service fee and McKinley hospital fee be prorated as proposed;
and that a waiver of the requirement for proof of insurance coverage be approved
for new and readmitted students enrolled in the intersession. The vice presidents
for academic affairs and administration concur.
I recommend approval.
On motion of Mr. Neal, these recommendations were approved.